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Rose Bowl15 Episodes
1 Volume Started in 1889, The Rose Parade showed off the weather and fruitfulness of California sunshine. Thirteen years later, they parade was joined by and East vs West Football Tournament. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Submarines109 Episodes
2 Volume As a machine of war, submarines were the first attack platforms with stealth capabilities and were great plot devices in old time radio. Dive in today! Update: additional rare recording discussing sinking of USS Squalus rescue mission, 1939 |
109 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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News Recordings 1939100 Episodes
1 Volume New headlines were dominated by the news Europe from the Spanish Civil War to the Blitzkrieg of Poland. Update: 1 additional rare recording: the Duke of Windsor’s 1939 appeasement broadcast from Verdun. In May 1939, Edward was commissioned by NBC to give a radio broadcast (his first since abdicating) during a visit to the First World War battlefields of Verdun. It was widely regarded as advocating appeasing Hitler. Although the BBC refused to broadcast it, it was broadcast outside the United States on shortwave radio. |
100 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Douglas MacArthur17 Episodes
1 Volume Douglas MacArthur served as US General of the Army and field marshal to the Philippine Army. As Chief of Staff of the Army during the 1930s, he played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during WWII. Update: 1 additional recording |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Kraft Music Hall230 Episodes
6 Volume This knock out music show is hosted by Al Jolson, and Bing Crosby. Update: 1 additional recording vol 1 and sound quality improvements vol 3 |
230 | 6 | Add To Cart: $30.00
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Twenty Questions17 Episodes
1 Volume This ageless parlor game was a natural for a fun radio Quiz Show, but what made Twenty Questions so popular with listeners was the fact that its panelists all came from the same family. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cisco Kid340 Episodes
7 Volume Join the 'Mexican Robin Hood" Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho (Mel Blanc) on their adventures in the wild frontier. Update: 1 additional recording and sound quality improvements |
340 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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This is the Story49 Episodes
1 Volume This old time radio show takes a fascinating in depth look into unknown tidbits about people and events that shaped our culture, history, and world. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
49 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street40 Episodes
1 Volume Swing music is all about having fun, and one of the ways that Swing musicians have fun was by making fun of the more serious classical music scene. Featuring Milton Cross, the normally serious announcer for the Metropolitan Opera. Update: 1 additional recording |
40 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Betty Garde63 Episodes
2 Volume One of the most prolific starlets to work on Radio Row, Betty Garde worked with Orson Welles early in his radio career and appeared regularly on The Fat Man. |
63 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Martin and Lewis85 Episodes
2 Volume Even More Shows with Comedy's Favorite Duo! Update: sound quality improvements |
85 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Betsy Drake9 Episodes
1 Volume Best known for being Cary Grant's third wife and his longest marriage, Betsy Drake was also a writer and a survivor of the SS Andrea Doria sinking. |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Unit 9942 Episodes
2 Volume Real-Action Police Stories of the Sacramento Police Department! Update: sound quality improvements |
42 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Jane Wyman57 Episodes
2 Volume Popular pin-up girl in the 40's and the former Mrs. Ronald Reagan, she won the Oscar for Best Actress playing a deaf-mute woman in Johnny Belinda (1948). Update: 1 additional rare recording |
57 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Andy Williams8 Episodes
1 Volume After starting in a vocal quartet with his brothers, Andy Williams became one of the most successful vocalists in show business. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Challenge of the Yukon (Sgt Preston)742 Episodes
13 Volume A noble Canadian Mountie on the side of law and order along with his wise and loyal dog, Yukon King. This show comes from the creators of The Lone Ranger and shares the same values of fairness and protecting the weak from the strong. Update: 1 additional rare recording vol 1 |
742 | 13 | Add To Cart: $65.00
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Burns and Allen342 Episodes
7 Volume One of the Most Beloved Couples in Radio, George was the brains but Gracie was the Star. Update: 1 additional recording volume 2 |
342 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Joint Sessions of Congress53 Episodes
2 Volume The Senate and the House of Representatives each go about their business of making laws independent of each other, however, there are several important occasions when both Houses meet in Joint Session. Update: 1 additional recording |
53 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Broadway is My Beat169 Episodes
4 Volume Broadway is My Beat is a popular hard-boiled detective drama that stars Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover, an ex-shoe-shiner on the "Great White Way" in the New York theater district. Update: huge sound quality improvements |
169 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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News of the Kennedy Era93 Episodes
2 Volume Take a trip back in time to what today seems like a much simpler time -- the early 1960s. Update: 22 additional recordings |
93 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Answer Man9 Episodes
1 Volume With a staff of over 40 of brainiest facts finder he could locate, The Answer Man solved thousands of questions written in by listeners. Update: 3 additional rare recordings |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bert Lytell7 Episodes
1 Volume Although his film career essentially ended with the dawn of talking pictures, Bert Lytell remained an important presence on stage and radio. |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Life of Riley259 Episodes
6 Volume Laugh along with William Bendix in his sit-com role as the lovable mug in "The Life of Riley." Update: 6 additional recordings 1944-1951 |
259 | 6 | Add To Cart: $30.00
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Jack Armstrong112 Episodes
1 Volume Jack Armstrong, The All American Boy not only held the interest of millions of kids after school during two decades, the show helped to prove the value of targeted radio advertising to General Mills and Wheaties. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
112 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Beatrice Lillie15 Episodes
1 Volume The funniest woman in the World, Beatrice Lillie was thrown out of a church choir at the age of eight for making the boys giggle during services. |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ben Lyon6 Episodes
1 Volume A successful film actor whose career spanned the silent and talking film eras, as an executive for Twentieth Century Fox Ben Lyon was responsible for discovering Marilyn Monroe. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jane Powell18 Episodes
1 Volume She was the eternal “girl next door” Jane Powell and got her start singing in motion pictures. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Destination Freedom42 Episodes
1 Volume The concept of African-American civil rights was not mainstream at the end of the 1940's. Shows like Destination Freedom on WMAQ helped pave the way to a better society. Update: 9 additional recordings and sound quality improvements |
42 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Biggest Heart15 Episodes
1 Volume Weekly Contest by the Colorado Heart Association to Find the Biggest Pumping Heart in the World (figuratively)! Update: 1 additional rare episodes and fixed dates |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mr President160 Episodes
3 Volume This old time radio series tells the untold tales the Commanders-in-chief's everyday life. In order to challenge the audience to guess his identity, the President's name was not revealed until the end of the show. Update: 1 addtional recording vol 3 |
160 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Ripley Believe It Or Not46 Episodes
1 Volume starred Robert Ripley himself as he explains the weird and strange stories from his travels around the world. Update: 4 additional recordings |
46 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mysterious Traveler86 Episodes
2 Volume The Mysterious Traveler invites you to join him on another journey into the strange and terrifying... Update: sound quality improvements volume 1 |
86 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Beatrice Kay12 Episodes
1 Volume Beatrice Kay was an American singer, vaudevillian, music hall performer, and stage and film actress. |
12 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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News Recordings 1941203 Episodes
2 Volume News program featuring the biggest events and news stories of 1941 leading up the the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Update: 1 additional rare recording: Webley Edwards from Honolulu radio station KGMB broadcasting the first general alert that Oahu was being attacked. |
203 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Jills All-Time Jukebox23 Episodes
1 Volume The Allied counterpart of the infamous Tokyo Rose, GI Jill was played by girl next door Martha Wilkerson. Update: 1 additional recording |
23 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Chicago Theater Air20 Episodes
1 Volume As War erupted on the European continent, there was a concern in America over the culture that was being lost, especially in the fine arts. The Chicago Theater of the Air was created to bring opera to the masses in the provincial heart land, preserving the art and serving listeners. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
20 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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This is My Best14 Episodes
1 Volume This series began as a kind of book-of-the-week show. Popular modern authors were asked to select their best writings, which were created into radio scripts. In 1945, Orson Welles took over the show, directing, acting, narrating, and adapting scripts to his liking. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hollywood Spotlight36 Episodes
1 Volume Syndicated musical variety program with comedy skits and famous guest appearances. Update: sound quality improvements |
36 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mayor La Guardia35 Episodes
1 Volume Fiorello H. La Guardia was the reform-minded Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945, known for his public works projects, transportation improvements, and anti-corruption efforts. |
35 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Marjorie Taylor Greene104 Episodes
1 Volume Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has represented Georgia's 14th District since 2021. |
104 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Barry Wood14 Episodes
1 Volume Starring radio's favorite baritone and the sensational voice of Margaret Whiting. Update: 1 additional recording and sound upgrade |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lutheran Hour13 Episodes
1 Volume "Bringing Christ to the Nations" on the airwaves. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hollywood is On the Air41 Episodes
1 Volume All Star Variety, Comedy, and Music Program! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
41 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Aunt Daisy14 Episodes
1 Volume Every morning at nine, three generations of New Zealanders were greeted by Aunt Daisy's optimism over the airwaves. |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Swingtime5 Episodes
1 Volume This musical program showcases the talent of many of the top tunesters of its era including such greats as Duke Ellington, Mel Torme, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum and Bob Crosby. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
5 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Quiet Please91 Episodes
2 Volume Combine one of radio's most creative writers with the talents of a single actor and a late night time slot, and you have the ingredients for the deliciously creepy Quiet, Please. Update: sound quality improvements |
91 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Lights Out91 Episodes
2 Volume Pull the sheets over your head and hide! There was plenty of gore and strangeness on Wyllis Cooper's Lights Out, and it got even stranger when Arch Oboler took over. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
91 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Blue Ribbon Town9 Episodes
1 Volume Hosted by Groucho Marx and sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, this old time radio variety show featured big name guests like Jack Benny, Barbara Stanwyck, and Gene Tierney. Update: 1 additional recording |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Father Coughlin79 Episodes
3 Volume "The Radio Priest" was a success when he first discussed religious matters in the early days of radio. Father Coughlin stepped on a few toes when he expanded into calls for economic reform and political commentary. Update: 15 additional rare recordings |
79 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Presidential Party Nominating Conventions365 Episodes
5 Volume The Nominating Conventions are an important part of the path to the White House and are a vibrant example of Representative Democracy in action. Update: 3 additional recoridngs 1940-1960-1964 |
365 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Mystery Sampler 238 Episodes
1 Volume Mystery and horror stories are a part of the "Speculative Fiction" type. Better known for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Speculative Fiction allows the writer to ask "What if?" and then answer his own question. |
38 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Weird Circle78 Episodes
2 Volume The Weird Circle presented 30 minute tales of horror, frequently inspired by classic horror or ghost stories. Update: sound quality improvements |
78 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Dark Fantasy28 Episodes
1 Volume Broadcast long after the children went to bed, Dark Fantasy featured grim horror, menacing murder, and science fiction. Update: sound quality improvements |
28 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Arch Oboler Plays60 Episodes
2 Volume Enjoy some of the best works of author Arch Oboler dramatic plays starring Joan Crawford and more. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
60 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Arch Oboler229 Episodes
6 Volume Enjoy the great radio plays in this anthology of the eccentric horror fiction writer, Arch Oboler, who is best known for pushing the medium of radio in sound production, writing, and programming. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
229 | 6 | Add To Cart: $30.00
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Red Horse Ranch64 Episodes
2 Volume serial western drama and music collection with singing cowboy rangers. Update: 38 additional recordings and many sound quailty improvements |
64 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Magic Island130 Episodes
1 Volume How long would a mother search for her missing child? She would never stop, just like Mrs. Gregory who eventually finds her daughter under the spell of an evil mastermind on a Magic Island. Update: sound quality improvements |
130 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mary Margaret McBride7 Episodes
1 Volume Mary Margaret McBride was known for treating her interviewees as a friends asking engaging and insightful questions Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hildegardes Radio Room52 Episodes
1 Volume The blonde siren songbird is best known for her signature tune, "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup." Hildegarde's Radio Room included co-conspirators as Phil Regan, Burgess Meredith, Clifton Webb, Patsy Kelly, and Xavier Cugat. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
52 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Victor Borge46 Episodes
1 Volume Presenting some of the Best Performances by the "Clown Prince of Denmark." Update: 3 additional episode and sound quality improvement |
46 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bicycles29 Episodes
1 Volume Listening to Old Time Radio is a great way to feel young again, but an even better way is to take a bicycle ride. |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lena Horne17 Episodes
1 Volume Singing sensation of stage and screen, Lena Horne performed for audiences in the Cotton Club, for major MGM movies, in the USO, Broadway, and multiple radio and television appearances. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jubilee184 Episodes
4 Volume AFRS Presents Great Jazz and Entertainment for the Troops during WWII. Update: 1 additional recording and sound quality improvement |
184 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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Al Jolson116 Episodes
2 Volume Al Jolson was a master entertainer and his performing career spanned 50 years. Jolson made a break in his career by deciding one evening to perform in "black face" at a San Francisco club; this soon became his trademark in show business. A staunch Civil Rights activist, he later helped open opportunities for African-Americans on Broadway. Update: 5 additional recordings |
116 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Comic Parade10 Episodes
1 Volume When the newspaper truck drivers went on strike in 1945, Mayor La Guardia had the comics read to the children of the city including The Adventures of Superman, Little Orphan Annie, Archie Andrews, Gasoline Alley and Red Ryder. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
10 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Family Business American Political Dynasties1031 Episodes
21 Volume American politics is a family business. This collection is dedicated to these dynasties in American politics from the Twentieth Century forward. Update: 20 additional recordings |
1031 | 21 | Add To Cart: $99.00
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Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore (Comedy Caravan)25 Episodes
1 Volume Enjoy comedy legend, Jimmy Durante, with his straight man, Garry Moore, on the The Camel Comedy Caravan and The Rexall Hour. Update: 2 additional recordings |
25 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Orson Welles385 Episodes
11 Volume Best known for his airing of "War of the Worlds", Orson Welles made numerous appearances on a variety of different shows during his magnificent radio career. He was truly a creative genius in radio, before he went on to Hollywood. Update: Campbell Playhouse: 3 additional rare recordings |
385 | 11 | Add To Cart: $55.00
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Campbells Playhouse52 Episodes
2 Volume Mmm, Mmm, Dramatic Concoction ... Campbell Playhouse stars Orson Welles and his wondrous Mercury Theater troupe. Update: 3 additional rare recordings volume 2 |
52 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Agnes Moorehead83 Episodes
2 Volume Known as "The Lavender Lady", Agnes Moorehead had a long life in the entertainment industry. Best known as a mystery and suspense performer on the radio. Her best known work was with Orson Welles on Mercury Theater, but she also played the lead role in Sorry Wrong Number. Television audiences will remember her as the mother-in-law from Bewitched, but also appeared in Citizen Kane, The Twilight Zone, and many others. Update: 5 additional rare recordings |
83 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Presidential Election 2004107 Episodes
3 Volume The first time since 1988 that the GOP candidate won both popular and electoral majority, George W Bush was reelecting to the Presidency. |
107 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Walter Winchell55 Episodes
1 Volume Beginning in 1929, Walter Winchell became the voice that America listened to for a compelling combination of News and celebrity gossip. Update: 31 additional recordings |
55 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Tom Powers Life Studies13 Episodes
1 Volume Sponsored by Johnson Wax in 1935, this old time radio shows presents colorful vignettes presented in a one man show. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ross Perot36 Episodes
2 Volume Perot was a business magnate, billionaire, and aspiring US Presidential Candidate--running twice in the 1990s. |
36 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Doctor Six Gun30 Episodes
1 Volume The good gun totting doctor roamed the west with "his medicine bag strapped on one hip and his six shooter on the other." Update: 2 additional rare recordings and sound quality improvements |
30 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Atomic Radio109 Episodes
2 Volume OTRCAT original collection featuring radio shows inspired by the Atomic Age. A blast from the past, this collection includes a bombardment of shows from all genres including Science Fiction, comedy, horror, detective, and drama. Update: 13 additional recordings |
109 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Presidential Candidate Announcements183 Episodes
5 Volume While only 44 men have served as President and 48 men have served as Vice President, so many Americans have stepped up to answer the call to run for these two top spots. Listen as we hear from some of these Americans as they make their plans known, give their victory, and even their concession. Update: 1 additional recording |
183 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Are You a Genius9 Episodes
1 Volume Are You a Genius? is a fun and entertaining old time radio quiz show that highlights the many voice talents of Mel Blanc. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Michael Dukakis54 Episodes
3 Volume Dukakis is a retired lawyer, Governor of Massachusetts, and aspiring Presidential Candidate in the 1980's. |
54 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Blue Beetle24 Episodes
1 Volume The Blue Beetle was an early comic book hero that tugged on the cape of Superman. Created by Charles Nicholas for the comic book Mystery Men, it first appeared in 1939. Update: sound quality improvements |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mr and Mrs North87 Episodes
2 Volume It began as a light comedy about a normal couple living in Greenwich Village, NY. The next season it turned into a mystery show. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin played Pam and Jerry North. Later Richard Denning and Barbara Britton played the famous roles of Mr and Mrs North. Update: date fix |
87 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Doctor Christian183 Episodes
4 Volume Jean Hersholt is an actor who specialized in gentle, intelligent roles that called for warmth and feeling in Dr Christian. This series is that kind of show and can be enjoyed as drama, as nostalgia, and as just plain old radio entertainment. Update: 1 additional rare recording on volume 4 |
183 | 4 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Charlie Barnet28 Episodes
1 Volume One of the Jazzmen who embodied the joy of the Jazz world was saxophonist and bandleader Charlie Barnet. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
28 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Plays for Americans6 Episodes
1 Volume During WWII, Arch Oboler dedicated his talents to the war effort. He produced this series--drawing in many big-name stars for the cause. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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John Kerry151 Episodes
5 Volume American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. Update: 1 additional recording vol 3 |
151 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Minnesota School of the Air24 Episodes
2 Volume Minnesota School of the Air was part of the trend in the 1940s and 1950s of using the radio airwaves to educate. This show was in the same genre as NBC University of the Air, Indiana School of the Air, and many other states with the same idea. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
24 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Mr and Mrs Blanding15 Episodes
1 Volume Real-Life Married Couple Cary Grant and Betsy Drake Star in this Funny Situational Comedy Update: 1 additional rare recording |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mary Noble Backstage Wife253 Episodes
2 Volume What happens when a small town girl marries a big time actor and moves to the Big city? Jealousy, deceit, avarice, amnesia and rage, just like any other soap opera! Tune in to hear what's next for Mary Noble, Backstage Wife. Update: 57 additional recordings |
253 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Hallmark Hall of Fame72 Episodes
2 Volume Presented dramatizations of true stories, "A true story about real people." Update: 21 additional recordings and sound quality improvements |
72 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Mystery Sampler 140 Episodes
1 Volume Horror and Mystery Radio Shows work so well because Radio is a medium of imagination. TV and films show the viewer what he should be scared of, but they show what the producer finds frightening. The author of a book or other printed story can better stimulate the reader's imagination but still has to overcome the limitations of the written word. |
40 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mandrake the Magician32 Episodes
1 Volume Juvenile Adventure series, many of Mandrake's foes were agents of Fascism and Nazism and he spent more time chasing saboteurs and submarines than we would expect for a stage magician. Update: sound quality improvements |
32 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Women in Government and Politics536 Episodes
11 Volume Over the past century, women have really exploded onto the political landscape to set forth ideas that are more family friendly, meaning issues that are at the heart of what matters to the American family. Update: 25 additional recordings |
536 | 11 | Add To Cart: $55.00
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Meredith Willson44 Episodes
1 Volume Famous and Creative "Chiffon Swing" Composer! Update: 39 additional recordings |
44 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hallmark Playhouse184 Episodes
4 Volume Featured well done literary adaptations hosted by celebrated author James Hilton. Update: 57 additional recordings and sound quality improvements |
184 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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Joseph McCarthy Audio Excerpts72 Episodes
1 Volume He was best known for his attempts to root out communist in the State Department, then the Army, then just about everywhere. McCarthy was eventually censured by the Senate for his zealous attacks. Update: 1 additional hearing recording |
72 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Si and Elmer39 Episodes
1 Volume Follow the adventures of a pair of “hayseed Sherlocks” after they get their mail order degree from the Snoop and Sneak Detective School in The Misadventures of Si and Elmer. Update: sound quality improvements |
39 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Chandu the Magician307 Episodes
4 Volume Evil doers and nogoodniks, beware! "CHANNNNNDOOOOOOO … the Magician!" is on the alert to thwart your nefarious schemes! Broadcast during the Depression and again in 1949, Chandu The Magician combines the best of crime fighting and Eastern Mysticism. Update: 132 additional recordings 1932-1950 |
307 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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Dangerous Assignment112 Episodes
3 Volume Steve Mitchell, international operative, had two jobs: get in and out of danger. Update: date and episode number fixes |
112 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Presidential Election 2020633 Episodes
15 Volume Joe Biden (D) won against incumbent Donald Trump (R) in a highly polarized contest, with a focus on COVID-19, racial justice, and economic recovery. |
633 | 15 | Add To Cart: $75.00
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Ford Theater30 Episodes
2 Volume The Ford Theater began as a low budget project to bring movie adaptations to the air using lower scale NY actors. In order to increase car sales, the show was reformatted using A-List Hollywood talent. Update: 13 additional recordings and sound quality improvements |
30 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Barry Goldwater29 Episodes
1 Volume Politician and US Air Force officer, Barry Goldwater was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party President nominee in 1964 who fought for civil rights and desegregation. |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Tennessee Jed25 Episodes
1 Volume Tennessee Jed wandered the Western Plains with his trusty squirrel gun and horse, Smoky, setting things right and standing up for American virtue. He even became an agent working directly for the President on the Frontier. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
25 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Phil Harris and Alice Faye280 Episodes
7 Volume Laughs abound in this old time radio variety show feature jive-talking hipster bandleader, Phil Harris, and his glamorous and talented movie star wife, Alice Faye. Update: sound quality improvements vol 2-3 |
280 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Screen Guild Theater354 Episodes
6 Volume This old time radio anthology featured drama and variety with top-name stars whose salaries from this show were donated to fund the Motion Picture Country Home. Update: 1 additionl rare recording volume 6 |
354 | 6 | Add To Cart: $30.00
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Wonder Show (Jack Haley)13 Episodes
1 Volume Comedy and Variety Sponsored by Wonder Bread Update: 1 additional rare recording |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Basketball32 Episodes
1 Volume The only equipment needed is two hoops and a ball, but Basketball is a worldwide phenomenon with important lessons. |
32 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Vic and Sade346 Episodes
4 Volume Welcome, welcome to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gook, better known as Vic and Sade. Go get cozy with this delightful run of the mill and charmingly familiar Midwestern couple extraordinaire! Update: 6 additional recordings 1938-1946 |
346 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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ABC Mystery Time14 Episodes
1 Volume Thursday nights were filled with A-List talent on ABC thanks to the convenience of magnetic tape on ABC Mystery Time. Enjoy this series of mystifying tales starring Sir Laurence Olivier with these organ ripping episodes. Update: 1 additional recording |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lone Ranger2428 Episodes
49 Volume "Who Was That Masked Man?" The Lone Ranger is one of the iconic characters in American folklore, and he got his start on Mutual, airing from 1933 through 1954. Update: 1 additional rare recording volume 44 and some sound upgrades |
2428 | 49 | Add To Cart: $200.00
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Red Skelton Show266 Episodes
6 Volume In every generation, there are singularly outrageous comedians, and for the middle of the 20th century, Red Skelton was probably the "top banana" of all. Update: 1 additional recording and sound upgrade |
266 | 6 | Add To Cart: $30.00
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Barry Sullivan37 Episodes
1 Volume Best known in Old Time Radio for taking over the role of The Saint from Vincent Price for two episodes, Barry Sullivan was the sort of actor who was able to continually find work in films and TV. |
37 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rare Gossip39 Episodes
1 Volume Spreading stories about others is a filthy practice, but it is something we are hardwired to love doing! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
39 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Barbara Britton48 Episodes
1 Volume During the early part of her career Barbara Britton appeared in a number of guy films, swashbucklers and Westerns. She found great success as The Revlon Girl on TV's The $64,000 Question and appeared on more than 100 magazine covers in one 24 month period. |
48 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Counterspy (David Harding, Counterspy!)75 Episodes
2 Volume Follow the exciting "Counter Spies!"--the fictional unit of the Federal Government lead by David Harding. Update: 2 additional recorings and sound quality improvements |
75 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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In the Name of the Law18 Episodes
1 Volume Using original police reports as a story source, In the Name of the Law showcased police work before WWII. Update: 1 additional rare recordings, sound quality improvements, date corrections |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Tallulah Bankhead82 Episodes
5 Volume known for her wild behavior and billed as the "the glamorous, unpredictable Tallulah Bankhead," this collection contains many of her rare guest appearances and The Big Show. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
82 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Kennedy Brothers101 Episodes
2 Volume This collection is a history of what each brother contributed to the country; whether good, bad, or indifferent. |
101 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Wild Bill Hickok267 Episodes
5 Volume How could Wild Bill Hickok hope to compete with the likes of Roy Rogers or The Cisco Kid as kids’ after-school favorite? By having Jingles, played by Andy Devine by his side, of course! Update: sound quality improvements volume 1 |
267 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Audrey Totter17 Episodes
1 Volume Although she specialized in playing a tough-talking dame in MGM noir classics, Audrey Totter was an incredibly nice lady in real life as well as on Radio Row. |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Harry Lime (The Third Man)52 Episodes
1 Volume Orson Welles played the lovable scoundrel Harry Lime in the film noir The Third Man, and later brought the role to radio in The Adventures of Harry Lime. Whether he is more lovable more scoundrel is open to debate, but he is always entertaining. Update: sound quality improvements and two additional recordings |
52 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Palmolive Beauty Box Theater18 Episodes
1 Volume "A Soap Operetta" old time radio show, with classically trained opera singers but a lighter tone than classical opera. Update: 1 addtional rare recording |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jessica Dragonette25 Episodes
1 Volume Known as early radio's "Star of Stars", the "Princess of Song", "Sweetheart of the Air" and "Queen of Radio", this diminutive soprano was one of the most popular voices in the early days of radio. Update: 1 addtional rare recording |
25 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Audie Murphy6 Episodes
1 Volume The most decorated soldier of WWII, Audie Murphy went on to enjoy a twenty-year career in Hollywood. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Two Thousand Plus (2000PLUS)16 Episodes
1 Volume Since Y2K, we know what it is like to live in the years 2000+, but in 1950-1952, this pioneering Sci Fi program on Mutual explored the fantastic future we all dreamed about. So where in your personal robot and jet-pack? Update: additional rare recording and sound quality improvements |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rare Summer Replacement Shows13 Episodes
1 Volume This collection includes rare but wonderful seasonal shows that held the timeslot for some of America's best loved radio shows. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mary Foster Editors Daughter62 Episodes
1 Volume This soap opera is about the life and trials of a newspaper editor's daughter who solved the problems of those around her. Update: 13 additional recordings |
62 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Flag Day15 Episodes
1 Volume The American Experiment is a fragile one, but we can take strength from Thirteen Red and White Stripes and a field of Blue covered with White Stars. Here are some of the most Patriotic Programs from all of Old Time Radio. Update: 2 additional historic recordings |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Arthur Miller19 Episodes
1 Volume Arguably the most important American playwright of the Twentieth Century, Arthur Miller's life was colored by his politics and family experience. He is best known for the classic play The Death of a Salesman, a poignant commentary on the American Dream. |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Shell Chateau26 Episodes
1 Volume Hosted by Al Jolson, Shell Chateau featured big name guest stars like Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Wallace Beery, Cab Calloway, Henry Fonda, Sonja Henie and many others. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound quality improvement |
26 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Sealtest Village Store23 Episodes
1 Volume Sealtest Icecream tried to attract patrons to the fountain at The Sealtest Village Store. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound quality upgrade |
23 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Red Ryder40 Episodes
1 Volume Best remembered today for his 1,000 shot Daisy Carbine Air Rifle, Red Ryder started out as "America’s famous fighting cowboy" in the comics and later on radio. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
40 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Art Baker56 Episodes
1 Volume One of the most popular announcers in Hollywood, Art Baker got his start giving talks at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rudy Vallee72 Episodes
3 Volume Listen to radio's bad boy on the block variety hour. This talent scout program made stars such as Alice Faye, Milton Berle, Joe Penner, Bergen & McCarthy, and even the Aldrich Family. Update: 4 additional rare recordings |
72 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Romance of the Ranchos36 Episodes
1 Volume Romance of the Ranchos tells the stories of the brave men and women who lived and loved in Old California when it was still a Spanish colony. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
36 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Eddie Bracken40 Episodes
1 Volume Star of stage, screen, and radio. He made significant contributions to all three beginning at nine-years-old in vaudeville, eventually moving on to Broadway. Update: additional rare recording |
40 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Alan Young Show49 Episodes
1 Volume Best known for his role in "Mr Ed", Alan Young's summer radio show replacement was "routine situation comedy" laced with "rapid-fire gags." Update: 1 additional recording |
49 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Red Nichols36 Episodes
1 Volume A child prodigy trained as a classical musician, Red Nichols would reshape Jazz. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
36 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Paul Frees349 Episodes
7 Volume "The man with 1,000 voices" appeared in a multitude of old time radio series and later memorable TV appearances. Update: 3 additional recordings |
349 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Player16 Episodes
1 Volume Featuring "the One Man Theater" - voice actor extraordinaire, Paul Frees. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Memorial Day27 Episodes
1 Volume Enjoy the beginning of summer and honor our fallen with this compilation of historical, dramatic and comedy radio shows. Update: 6 additional recordings |
27 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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George Wallace34 Episodes
1 Volume "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Those were the famous introductory words by George Wallace to the American people. Update: 5 additional recordings |
34 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors88 Episodes
1 Volume Order a cocktail and sit back under the swaying palms of The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub in Los Angeles and enjoy the music of Phil Harris before he met Jack. Update: sound quality improvements |
88 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ann Sheridan11 Episodes
1 Volume The Warner Bros publicity department tagged her as Hollywood's Oomph Girl, and Ann Sheridan had enough oomph to keep working until the very end of her tragically short life. |
11 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Paul Whiteman31 Episodes
1 Volume Performances by The King of Jazz! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hawaii Old Time Radio Shows288 Episodes
7 Volume Aloha! This collection includes old time radio shows from all genres from ting-ting steel guitar music to epic Hawaiian Adventure and detective stories to supernatural Tiki tales. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound upgrade of Memories of Hawaii |
288 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Memories of Hawaii13 Episodes
1 Volume poetic tones of the music, the narration and the imagery and tales of Hawaii soothes the senses. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound upgrade |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bob Burns Show16 Episodes
1 Volume This comedy show debuted in September 1941 as The Arkansas Traveler. Featuring the music of Spike Jones, the show featured Bob Burns playing his "Bazooka," a homemade instrument that he made from a whiskey funnel and two gas pipes. Update: additional rare recording |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Metropolitan Opera26 Episodes
1 Volume Vintage Opera collection is sure to Delight all Fine Music Fans! Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
26 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mail Call84 Episodes
2 Volume These star-packed love letters to the troops, from Hollywood during WWII. Update: 1 additional recording and sound quality improvement |
84 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Jack Benny1111 Episodes
27 Volume Everyone's favorite penny pinching miser with more laughs and better quality sound. Update: sound quality improvements |
1111 | 27 | Add To Cart: $135.00
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Three Suns23 Episodes
1 Volume One of the most popular Exotica bands, The Three Suns were formed by guitar-playing Al Nevins and his accordion playing brother Morty from Brooklyn, and their cousin Artie Dunn, a vaudeville and radio performer who sang and played the electronic organ. Update: version date added manually 2023-08 |
23 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ann Rutherford31 Episodes
1 Volume Best remembered for playing Scarlett's sister in Gone with the Wind, Ann Rutherford appeared in more than 60 pictures and was featured as Andy Hardy's girlfriend. |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Magic Key69 Episodes
3 Volume One of the earlier old time radio variety programs sponsored by RCA to encourage radios in every American household. Update: 1 additional rare recording volume 1 |
69 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Johnny Mercer Music Shop29 Episodes
1 Volume the summer replacement old time radio show for Bob Hope featuring Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and Paul Weston and his Orchestra Update: sound quality improvements volume 3 |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Johnny Mercer128 Episodes
3 Volume popular singer and song writer in the golden age of radio. In the 1940s, Johnny Mercer was the "it-man" for Hollywood's musical entertainment. Update: 3 additional recordings, date corrections |
128 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Tommy Dorsey48 Episodes
1 Volume Popular Swing Musician and Trombone Honker! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
48 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Silver Theater45 Episodes
1 Volume Romance galore when Silver Theater brings us tales of love lost and found, featuring some of the screen's biggest heart-throbs. Update: sound quality improvements |
45 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Golden Gate Quartet82 Episodes
1 Volume Building on a tradition of vocal harmonies and syncopated rhythms, The Golden Gate Quartet not only popularized Gospel music but helped lay the foundations of Rock and Roll. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
82 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Howie Chizek30 Episodes
1 Volume This collection is for those who remembered listening to Howie Chizek, and for those who are experiencing him for the first time. |
30 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Fred Astaire17 Episodes
1 Volume His film and stage career lasted an outstanding 76 years and he made 31 music films, often with the lovely Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire made music with his feet and the sound of his shoes harmonizes with musical score on these old time radio shows.He even had his own show, The Fred Astaire Show, which is included in this collection of his radio appearances. Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lottery Madness14 Episodes
1 Volume From Fibber McGee and Molly winning their house via lottery, to others betting on their lives, this collection includes radio shows from a variety of genres. |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Reefer Madness69 Episodes
1 Volume It was obvious to anyone who looked that dope was going to be the scourge of youth. For proof, look no further than our Reefer Madness Collection. Update: 1 additional recording |
69 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Grand Ole Opry416 Episodes
10 Volume The Grand Ole Opry did not quite invent Country and Western Music, but it did bring it to the ears of many Americans who may not have heard it otherwise. Update: 2 additional recording volume 2 |
416 | 10 | Add To Cart: $50.00
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Chesterfield Supper Club30 Episodes
1 Volume Chesterfield Supper Club is a splendid music and variety show, sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes. Each night the host (Perry Como, Jo Stafford, or Peggy Lee) would perform live along with top name guest performers including Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nat King Cole, and more! Update: 2 additional recordings |
30 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ann Harding6 Episodes
1 Volume After growing up as an Army Brat, Ann Harding found the creativity of acting a welcome contrast to life in the military. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Grand Central Station10 Episodes
1 Volume This new collection is best remembered for its Saturday slot stories, sometime heartwarming, sometimes tragic. Some shows offer twists or psychological tension, and seem to draw upon the writings of that honored New York short story writer, O.Henry. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
10 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Railroad Recordings122 Episodes
1 Volume Choo-choo-choose this Collection of Truly Train Inspired Entertainment--An OTRCAT exclusive! Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
122 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mind Your Manners15 Episodes
1 Volume offers etiquette training for kids age 8-18 from a somewhat simpler time. This unique old time radio show includes a rotating panel with 'manner-minded' minors answering listeners write-in questions. Update: 4 additional rare recording |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Barbara Jean Wong56 Episodes
1 Volume Barbara Jean Wong was a fourth generation Chinese-American who began her performance career at the age of five and was soon dubbed the Chinese-American Shirley Temple. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Alida Valli4 Episodes
1 Volume Both Benito Mussolini and David O. Selznick called Alida Valli the most beautiful woman in the world but she never found long-lasting Hollywood success. |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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April Fools Pranks, Jokes, Gags and Hoaxes53 Episodes
1 Volume Is that a spot of ketchup on your shirt? April Fools' traditions go back a long time. Get out your whoopee cushion and check your shoelaces and enjoy this OTRCAT original collection of April Fool's Day Shows. Update: 1 additional recording |
53 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jack Kirkwood71 Episodes
1 Volume was well known for his repeated role on The Bob Hope Show. Some call Jack Kirkwood Bob Hope's second banana, but in actuality Hope often played the straight man to Kirkwood's hijinks. This extensive compilation contains The Jack Kirkwood Show, many of his guest appearances, and a rare recording of At Home with The Kirkwoods. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
71 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Drinking and Drunks161 Episodes
3 Volume From bootleggers to drunk drivers to hungover postmen, this collection includes a variety of over-drinkers. Update: 4 additional recordings |
161 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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George Bernard Shaw12 Episodes
1 Volume Sometimes referred to as the second greatest writer of English after Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw saw the transformations of society from the Victorian Age through the post-WWII period. |
12 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rocky Jordan103 Episodes
2 Volume Jack Moyle plays Rocky Jordan, the hard-boiled detective in exotic Cairo, Egypt. This collection also contains the only two known existing episodes of A MAN CALLED JORDAN (the predecessor series to ROCKY JORDAN). Update: sound quality improvements |
103 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Dennis Day571 Episodes
13 Volume After getting his start on The Jack Benny Program in 1939, Dennis Day quickly became part of Jack's gang. Two and a half decades later, when Dennis was well into his forties, his boss still thought of him as the Kid. Update: 12 additional recordings sound upgrade filename fixes |
571 | 13 | Add To Cart: $65.00
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Day in the Life of Dennis Day86 Episodes
2 Volume A Day in the Life of Dennis Day was a popular sitcom featuring the original soda jerk from the Jack Benny Show. Update: 12 additional recordings sound upgrade filename fixes |
86 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Jack Paar Show16 Episodes
1 Volume A Summer Replacement Funny Man for Jack Benny in 1947! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jan Christian Smuts13 Episodes
1 Volume A biography of South African Statesman General Smuts. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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St Patricks Day53 Episodes
1 Volume Follow the Rainbow to this pot o'gold of Radio Shows with St Paddy day musical, comedy, drama and more from radio yesteryear! Update: 5 additional recordings |
53 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Newt Gingrich74 Episodes
2 Volume Gingrich is former American politician and author who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He was a member of the Republican Party and played a leading role in the conservative movement. |
74 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Guy Lombardo54 Episodes
1 Volume As a boy, Guy Lombardo put together a band with his brothers in their father's tailor shop, later they would become the Royal Canadians and Guy would be known as "Mr. New Years's Eve". Update: 1 additional rare recording |
54 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Al Jennings1 Episodes
1 Volume A genuine Old West Outlaw, Al Jennings found more success in Hollywood than in crime or politics. |
1 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Basil Rathbone152 Episodes
3 Volume Basil Rathbone was a British actor known for playing Sherlock Holmes in 1930s-1940s films. He appeared in over 70 films and had a successful stage career. |
152 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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NBC University Theater115 Episodes
5 Volume NBC University Theater is an unusual series that focused on reenacting novels by great authors for college classes. Update: sound quality improvements vol 4 and 5 |
115 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Connie Boswell45 Episodes
2 Volume Born and raised in the Jazz-filled New Orleans streets, Connie Boswell, and her two other sisters, Martha and Vet, learned to pluck and toot almost every instrument used in popular and vocal Jazz.Boswell Sisters Update: 12 additional recordings |
45 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Amazing Mr Malone18 Episodes
1 Volume This old time radio gripping crime drama stars Frank Lovejoy as a Chicago Crime-Fighting Lawyer! Update: 1 additional recording and sound quality improvements |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cooking in Old Time Radio76 Episodes
5 Volume A curious concoction of cooking creations are included in this OTRCAT.com exclusive collection of old time radio cooking shows such as The Mystery Chef, The Mary Lee Taylor Program, Martha Meade Society Program, Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air, and more! There are also cooking-centric episodes from different radio series like Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Life of Riley, and Cavalcade of America. Update: 4 additional recordings on volume 1 including 2 Ida Bailey recordings |
76 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Jimmy Durante47 Episodes
1 Volume By the late 1940s, Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante was such a showbiz institution that guest stars would line up to appear on his broadcast. Update: sound quality improvements |
47 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Philo Vance103 Episodes
2 Volume Follow the intelligent and extremely courteous gumshoe, Philo Vance. The radio series pays homage to the original detective novels of Van Dine first published in the mid 1920's. Update: huge sound quality improvements |
103 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Andrews Sisters84 Episodes
2 Volume The sound track for the War Years was Big Band Music, but the universal sweetheart was a triple threat, the lovely Andrews Sisters. More "girl next door" pretty than pin-up girl glamorous, the sister's songs were filled with the optimism and pluck that helped countless G.I.s endure for the duration. Update: 1 additional recording |
84 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Truth or Consequences19 Episodes
1 Volume Ralph Edwards hosts the riotous game show where answers were tough, and the consequence for an incorrect answer were even tougher and funnier! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Terry and the Pirates178 Episodes
2 Volume Action package juvenile adventure series follows Terry and his friends as he explores the Asian jungles in search of his father. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
178 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Earthquake15 Episodes
1 Volume Earthquakes occur almost daily, most are too weak to be felt, even locally. "The Big One" will hit someday and we need to be ready. |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Fu Manchu (Shadow of Fu Manchu)93 Episodes
1 Volume The Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu is a diabolically fun mystery serial from the late 1930's. Update: 3 additional recordings and sound quality improvements |
93 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Les Brown52 Episodes
1 Volume Les Brown and his Band of Renown was one of the longest-running acts in Swing Music Update: 2 additional recordings |
52 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Les Brown Show18 Episodes
1 Volume Les Brown is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the leader of the longest lasting musical organization in the history of pop music. This rare collection of shows was were recorded in Hollywood for the US Navy Recruiting Service from the 1950s. Update: 2 additional recordings |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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California Melodies44 Episodes
1 Volume "From out of the west to you," California Melodies features British director and composer David Rose and singer Maxine Gray. Update: additional rare recording |
44 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Singin Sam107 Episodes
1 Volume Best known as "Singin' Sam the Lawnmower Man" then "Singin' Sam the Barbasol Man", Harry Frankel's musical performances were later sponsored by Coca-Cola. This collection includes recordings from 1911 to the 1940s, including the Reminiscing with Singin Sam, Refreshment Time with Singin' Sam, 70 musical tracks, and more. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
107 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bert Gordon109 Episodes
3 Volume Well known for his character The Mad Russian, Bert Gordon was cut from radio during the early years of the Cold War to avoid political ambiguity. |
109 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Excursions in Science61 Episodes
2 Volume Sponsored by General Electric to increase interest and layman's knowledge of science Update: 6 additional recordings |
61 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Dr IQ27 Episodes
1 Volume Audience members were contestants by Host Lew Valentine who would ask questions from the stage announcing "I have a gentleman (or lady), Doctor." Update: 1 additional rare recording |
27 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Morton Downey31 Episodes
1 Volume Nicknamed the "The Irish Nightingale", Morton Downey's was a popular recording artist and songwriter in the 1930s and 1940s penning tunes like" Sweeten Up Your Smile." Update: 2 additional rare recordings |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Love Story17 Episodes
1 Volume From the pages of Love Story magazine, this show is filled with tales of couples meeting, falling in love, and living happily ever after. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound quality improvements |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Camel Caravan (Benny Goodman)20 Episodes
1 Volume Big Band Show for Saturday night with swing era favorite Benny Goodman. Update: 1 additional recording |
20 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dick Powell196 Episodes
8 Volume Dick Powell stars in Richard Diamond, Rogue's Gallery, and special appearances in various old time radio shows including Lux Radio Theater, Command Performance, Cavalcade of America, UN Radio, Screen Guild Theater, Suspense, This I Believe, and many rare recordings! Update: additional episodes, sound improvements of ROGUE GALLERY |
196 | 8 | Add To Cart: $40.00
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Rogues Gallery24 Episodes
1 Volume Rogue's Gallery featured detective Richard Rogue (first played by Dick Powell) and his often annoying alter ego, Eugor. Update: additional episodes, sound improvements |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick (Dorothy Kilgallen and Dick Kollmar)6 Episodes
1 Volume Travel back in time to rub noses with New York's high society as you have "Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick!" Update: 1 additional rare recording |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Are These Our Children6 Episodes
1 Volume This series is a unique twist on the crime drama genre featuring true stories from Juvenile Delinquency Court. This show features some of the worst back-talking, drug-abusing, ungrateful, school-quitting, bigoted, sassy teenagers in radio drama. Update: 1 additional recording |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Just Plain Bill21 Episodes
1 Volume Just Plain Bill was one of the Hummert Radio Factory's most successful Soap Opera offerings, centered around a plainspoken character and the customers in his barber shop. With plenty of cliff hangers and long running situations, the show is closer to the mystery and suspense genre’s than traditional Soap Opera. Update: 1 additional recording |
21 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Traffic84 Episodes
2 Volume American culture is defined by the Open Road, but that does not account for traffic jams. |
84 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Little Orphan Annie31 Episodes
1 Volume From the comic strips to the airwaves, kids could not get enough of the crime fighting, bullet dodging, Nazi submarine destroying, Ghost-chasing tyke, Little Orphan Annie. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Adventures by Morse54 Episodes
1 Volume Carlton E. Morse is remembered for his great family dramas like One Man's Family, but his real legacy is his great adventure programs like I Love A Mystery and I Love Adventure. For Adventures by Morse, he took his proven ILAM formula and used it to create new characters and adventures. Update: sound quality improvements |
54 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bill Goodwin285 Episodes
6 Volume Long-time announcer Bill Goodwin was one of the first to be awarded a Star for Radio on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
285 | 6 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Frank Race43 Episodes
1 Volume With a "James Bond meets Johnny Dollar" cachet, The Adventures of Frank Race follows a former OSS officer around the world from one scrape to another and in and out of the arms of another pretty girl. Update: sound quality improvements |
43 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Marlene Dietrich35 Episodes
1 Volume Everyone's Favorite Deep Voice German Frau! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
35 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mitch Miller Show8 Episodes
1 Volume the man who helped shape the careers for Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell, and Rosemary Clooney. Update: 5 additional recordings |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Barbara Hale7 Episodes
1 Volume Barbara Hale Collection: Closely associated with the character of Della Street from TV's Perry Mason series, Barbara Hale regularly appeared in old time radio. |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lux Radio Theater785 Episodes
33 Volume The idea of Motion Pictures without the "picture" should not have worked, but The Lux Radio Theatre became a classic of Hollywood and the Golden Age of Radio. This series features the greatest Hollywood stars doing one-hour versions of their biggest motion pictures. Update: sound quality improvements vol 9, 10, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 |
785 | 33 | Add To Cart: $160.00
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Danny Thomas37 Episodes
1 Volume One of the funniest actors to work in Radio and TV, Danny Thomas's greatest contribution was founding the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
37 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dinah Shore191 Episodes
3 Volume Is there anyone 'finah in the state of Carolina? The singing starlet best remembered for her sensuous recordings in the 1940's; now with over more episodes of the Dinah Shore show and guest appearances, many with Groucho Marx. Update: 1 additional rare guest appearance |
191 | 3 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Joseph Cotten88 Episodes
3 Volume A longtime friend and collaborator with Orson Welles, actor Joseph Cotten took Hollywood by storm on his own terms. |
88 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Louella Parsons11 Episodes
1 Volume Gossip Giant gabs about Hollywood Happenings! Update: 1 additional rare recording |
11 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Can You Top This41 Episodes
1 Volume Can You Top This? was a hilarious show where audience members sent in jokes and funny men "Senator Ed Ford", Harry Hershfield, and Joe Laurie Jr. tried to top them. Jokes could be sent in about any subject except religion, politics, or arson. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
41 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Burl Ives43 Episodes
1 Volume With his trademark beard and guitar, Burl Ives seemed to always be able to sing the songs that people wanted to hear. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
43 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Fat Man47 Episodes
1 Volume Although he is a product of pulp-writer Dashiel Hammett, it is hard to say whether The Fat Man is a hardboiled or softboiled detective. Either way, his stories make for some delicious mysteries. Update: 1 additional recording |
47 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Shakespeare on the Radio58 Episodes
2 Volume This collection includes Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, As You Like It, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra and variations there of. Update: 1 additional recording |
58 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Linda Darnell31 Episodes
1 Volume Life magazine called her "the most physically perfect girl in Hollywood", Linda Darnell landed the role in Hotel for Women at the age of 15. Update: 1 additional rare recording |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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